Dead, but not forgotten

I had hoped to visit the War Memorial at the nearby village where I spent much of my life, but time ran out, so instead you have an image of a poppy seed head.

Many of the surnames are familiar with descendants still living in the village today.

In 1914 the population would have been less than 500 souls, 34 of whom lost their lives during the Great War. Several families lost two sons, and one, the Flittons, lost three.

The third Flitton son, William, is the most poignant of all today as he died in Gaza, Palestine from wounds and is buried there.


I have listed the names below:

ANDREWS Frederick

ANDREWS Percy

ARMSTRONG Frederick G

BATCHELOR Fredrick

BATCHELOR Horace

CLARK Frederick William

CLARK Percy Thomas

COOK Leonard

COOT William

CURL Frederick David

DAY Horace Charles

DYER Joshua

FEATUM John

FENSOME James

FLITTON Alfred

FLITTON Arthur

FLITTON William
Private 200760 1st /5th Bedfordshire Regiment. Son of David and Elizabeth Flitton. Died of wounds at Gaza. Palestine July 21st 1917. Gaza War Cemetery, Israel. Ref X11 D 7

GODFREY Horace

GODFREY Percy

HARRIS Edgar

HARRIS Horace

KITCHENER George

LEE Arthur Frederick

PEACOCK Elijah

PEDDER Charles

PEDDER Harry

RILEY Dennis

ROBINSON Walter

SILVESTER John ('Jack')

SMITH William

STEVENS Ernest William

WHITE Henry (Jack)

WOOD John Lockhart

COOTE Stanley

Only 53 towns, cities and villages in the UK suffered no loss of life during the first and second world wars. They are known as the 'Thankful Villages'
You can read more about one I visited near here last Remembrance Sunday.